Window-shade hanger



W. H. FORSE, JR.

WINDOW SHADE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I, 1918.

Patented June 15, 192 0.

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W. H. FORSE, JR. WINDOW SHADE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.1, I918- "1,343,771.. Patented June 15,1920.

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WILLIAM H. FORSE, JR., OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.

WINDOW-SHADE HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 11119 15, 1920.

Application filed November 1, 1918. Serial No. 260,692.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. Fonsn, Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Anderson, county of Madison, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Window-Shade Hanger; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

This invention relates to window shade hangers and one of the features of the in vention is the provision of hangers for the shade and means for raising and lowering the hangers and the shade carried thereby.

A further feature of the invention is the provision of a hanger which will suspend and permit the operation of the shade roller in the same manner as the ordinary stationary supporting bracket.

A further feature of the invention is in so constructing the parts of the hanger'that elements thereof may rotate with the shade or curtain, while the other elements thereof remain stationary or inoperative.

A further feature of the invention is the provision of means for attaching parts of the hanger to the shade roller so as to cause said parts to rotate with the roller.

A further feature of the invention is the provision of means for rotatably attaching the rotatable parts of the hanger with the non-rotatable parts thereof.

Other objects and advantages will be here inafter more fully set forth and pointed out in the accompanying specifications' In the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window frame showing the shade supporting roller and the hangers therefor positioned adjacent the upper end of the frame. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the shade roller and hangers therefor lowered a distance from the upper end of the frame. Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of one end of the shade roller and the supporting bracket therefor. Fig. 4 is an end elevation thereof; Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the opposite end of the roller and hanger therefor. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of means for securing the rotating element of the hanger to the shade roller.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several roller in the usual manner.

In order to bodily raise and lower the roller 5, and the shade attached thereto, so as to cover both the sash and the frame or to leave a space above the roller as may be desired, said roller is suspended from cords 8 and 9, which pass upwardly over rollers 10 and 11 attached to the upper bar of the frame 1, one cord. passing to one end of the roller and the other cord to the opposite end thereof, and by bringing said cords together at a point beyond the rollers so as to provide a single pull cord 12, the shade and roller may be easily manipulated to bodily raise or lower the same. i j

The hangers 13, are each formed of disklike body portions 1% and 15, from which project arms 16 and 17 respectively, the arms 16 being attached to the ends of the cords 8 and 9 in any preferred manner as by forming a socket 18 at the upper ends of the arms 16. The arms 17 are extended substantially at right angles to the disk members 15 and are secured to the roller 5 in any suitable manner, and as shown in Fig. 3 nails or tacks 19 may be driven through the arm 17 into the roller 5, or that form of device shown in Fig. 6 may be employed, in which the free end of the arm 17 a is provided with clamp sections 20, which clamp around the roller 5 and hold the disk member 15 in fixed relation with the roller.

In order to cause the roller 5 to operate to wind the shade thereon, the body portion 14: at one end of the roller 5, is provided with a circular opening 21, through which the bearing point 6 extends, while the body portion at the opposite end of the roller is provided with an oblong slot 22 through which the spring controlling point 7 extends, and as said spring controlling point is flat and oblong in cross section, the slot 22 will hold said point against rotation thereby causing the spring structure of the roller to act in r the usual manner for rewinding the shade upon the roller. 1

As it is necessary to have the body portions 14- non-rotating, owing to the fact that the ends of the cords 9 and 10 are attached thereto, and as it is necessary to have the body portions 15 rotate, in view of the fact that they are attached to the roller 5, means is provided for rotatably mounting the body portions 15 from the body portions 14, which consistsin forminga circular orifice 23 through the'axial center of the members 15, through which extend tongues 24 on the body portions 14. These tongues 24 are preferably struck to the body portions 14: and are then bent inwardly through the orifice 23, and the outer ends thereof then bent outwardly along the inner face of the body portion 15. This forms the tongues into: hook members and the portions thereof adjacent their integral ends engage the wall of the orifice through the member 15, and as a number ofthe tongues are provided, the members 15 are held axially with the members 1%, although they are permitted to rotate while the members 14 remain stationary. 7

'By this form of structure it will be seen that the end of the shade attached to the roller may be moved toward or from the upper end of the window frame so that light may be permitted'to enter the room through the upper sash, or for ventilating purposes, while the shade may be used for excluding the light through the lower-portion of the sash, or the rollermay be positioned so that wind the shade upon the roller or to permit the same to unwind therefrom 1n the same manner as when the roller is mounted upon the ordinary brackets.

It will further be seen that this device can be very cheaply constructed, and at the same time rendered positive in its operation, and in view of the fact that there are few parts to receive wear the hangers will last indefinitely and can be used in connection with the various makes of spring controlled rollers. r

The invention claimed is:

1.- A window shade hanger, including a non-rotatable body portion, a rotatable body portion having a central opening, and tongues integral with the non-rotating member and extending through the opening in the rotatable member for pivoting said members together.

2. A window shade hanger, including a non-rotatable body portion, a rotatable body portion having a central opening, a plurality of tongues formed, by striking out parts of the non-rotatable member,'said tongue projecting through the opening of the rotatable body portion and bent outwardly along the inner face of the rotatable body portion for holding said two members inpivotal engagement with each other.

v In witness'whereof I have hereunto ailixed my signature.

WILLIAM H. FORSE, JR; 

